About Jack E. Zigler, MD, FACS, FAAOS

Dr. Jack Zigler is a board certified and fellowship trained Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon and Co-Director of the Center for Disc Replacement at the Texas Back Institute in Plano, TX. Dr. Zigler was instrumental in bringing artificial disc replacement to the United States (US), implanted the first ProDisc artificial disc in the US, and has taught artificial disc procedures to hundreds of surgeons worldwide.

Dr. Zigler received his Medical Degree graduating Cum Laude from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. He completed his surgical residency at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY and was Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. Dr. Zigler was the Arnold Fellow in Spine Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.

He has published his research in more than 75 peer-reviewed publications, presented his research over 300 times around the world at scientific and society meetings, and published 27 textbooks.

Dr. Zigler currently serves as the President of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS). He formerly sat on the Board of Directors of the Cervical Spine Research Society, and is a past President of the American Spinal Injury Association.

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